Long Run - 39.41 km (24.5 miles) from Wharncliffe & Briscoe to Port Stanley

Today was the 2nd of 3 Port Stanley runs. Bernie LeForte and I started out at 7:20 AM from Wharncliffe Road at Briscoe and started making our way towards Port Stanley. It was supposed to be a hot humid day, but while I was still overheating, the temperature reached about 22 degrees with a bit of a breeze from the south and overcast. So, as August runs go, the weather wasn't awful. I was targeting 5:17 per kilometre (8:30 per mile). Here are my splits:

5:50
5:35
5:20
5:13
5:11
5:15
5:17
5:16
5:18
5:21
5:15
5:20
5:18
5:08
5:07
5:23
5:23
5:23
5:15
5:13
5:22
5:17
5:16
4:59
5:40
5:28
5:39
5:27
5:19
5:17
5:16
5:19
5:17
5:33
5:31
5:03
5:10
5:22
5:22
4:53 (pace for 410 m.)

Total time: 3:30:06. Average pace: 5:20. So pretty close to my target.

I took extra long breaks in the second half of the run, though, just to cool down. My daughter Karen gave me a couple of extra "in-between" water stops at the 2K marks between the last two water stops and the finish at Port Stanley. She had wash cloths in ice water which did a great job of cooling me down. So, by the end, I finished reasonably strongly.

Was it a great run? No. But it was a good run, and I finished the distance so I'm happy.